This specification provides the definition of the Periodic customs declaration message (CUSPED) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.

This Periodic Customs Declaration Message (CUSPED) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a customs administration for the purpose of meeting legislative and/or operational requirements in respect of the periodic declaration of goods for import or export. The message may also be used, for example :

to transmit consignment data from one customs administration to another;

to transmit data from a customs authority to other governments agencies and/or interested administrations;

to transmit data from a declarant to the appropriate data collection agency on the movement of goods between statistical territories.

The Periodic customs declaration message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.

This message incorporates the necessary complementary and/or aggregated data relating to transport, statistical and customs information of a given period.

The design principles adopted allow for referencing one or more previous simplified Customs declarations pertaining to the same periodic declaration. A customs item consists of the grouping of document lines having the same customs characteristics (e.g. tariff number, declared use, etc.). The message correspondingly permits the use of single or multi-packaging concepts and their identification to a customs item.

A group of segments identifying report documentary requirements of particular government agencies with the optional name and address of the agency involved, description and monetary amounts associated with a customs item.